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Ord. No. 57/87
BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT)
HONG KONG
No. 57 of 1987
Short title.
Amendment of
section 2.
(Cap. 123.)
Amendment of section 3.
L.S.
I assent.
David WILSON,
An Ordinance to amend the Buildings Ordinance.
Governor.
16 July 1987
[17 July 1987]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Buildings (Amendment) Ordinance 1987.
2. Section 2(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended, in the defini- tion of “authorized person", in paragraph (b) by deleting “, municipal”.
3. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended—
(a) in subsection (2)(b) by deleting ", municipal";
(b) in subsection (5)—
(i) in paragraph (b)—–—–
(A) in sub-paragraph (ii) by inserting after "Office" the
following--
", who shall, in the absence of the Principal Govern- ment Building Surveyor, act as chairman";
(B) in sub-paragraph (vii) by deleting "the Technical Secre-
tary," and substituting the following-
"a technical secretary of the";
(ii) in paragraph (d)—
(A) by deleting "6" and substituting the following-
"5";
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(B) by deleting "the persons referred to in paragraph (b)(i),
(ii) and (vii)” and substituting the following-
"at least one of the persons referred to in paragraph (b)(i) and (ii), and the person referred to in para- graph (b)(vii)"; and
(c) by inserting after subsection (9) the following—
“(9A) An application that has been deferred under sec- tion (9)(b) shall, when it comes up for consideration again-
(a) be accepted, so that the applicant is included in the appropriate list or registered, as the case may be, upon payment of the prescribed fee; or
(b) be refused.”.
4. Section 17(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended in item 6 of Amendment of Column A in the table by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting section 17. the following-
"(a) the structural use of materials;
(b) site formation works, excavation works, piling works or any other
structural works; or".
5. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 32 the Addition of following-
"Carrying out of other works and provision
of services.
6.
32A. In any case where under this Ordinance the Building Authority is authorized to carry out or cause to be carried out works (in this section referred to as "the principal works"), he may also carry out or cause to be carried out such other works, and provide or cause to be provided such services, as he considers necessary for the carrying out of the principal works and may recover the costs thereof from the person liable for the costs of the principal works under this Ordinance.".
new section 32A.
Section 33(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting Amendment of after "or caused to be carried out by him" the following—
"or to recover the costs of services provided by him or caused to be provided by him".
7.
section 33.
Section 34 is amended by deleting “section 24, 24A, 26 or 27A” Amendment of and substituting the following-
"this Ordinance".
section 34.
8. Section 41 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after Amendment of subsection (3) the following—
"(3A) Drainage works may be carried out in or for any existing building without application to or approval from the Building Author- ity if those works do not involve—
(a) the structure of any building;
section 41.